A guy friend of mine in Texas flew to Italy to meet a woman from Russia. They met on a dating site. He left 12/30/08. I called his cell this morning, but haven't heard back yet. I think he's suppose to be back tonight. I think he's crazy.

Originally Posted by Lotsawaves

So do you think I should try to get a refund for my plane ticket to Idaho????

it's also not just men - the night i met Cam, he had sent a one-line message to a bunch of women that were going to the same party asking them to save a dance for him (not me, though, he was outside my age restrictions).

one of them seriously misinterpreted that email and thought that it meant he was interested in a relationship with her.

another man on PoF has a rather plaintive footnote to his profile asking Big Fish if he could please find a way to screen out the "psychos".

I used Match.com and have been dating the same guy for almost 2 months and it's definately going very strong. I liked match.com in that I could take more control over my search options than others like eharmony.com . I definately agree that there were a lot of weirdos on there to weed through but I'm glad I did cause my current boyfriend is awesome.

I used Match.com and have been dating the same guy for almost 2 months and it's definately going very strong. I liked match.com in that I could take more control over my search options than others like eharmony.com . I definately agree that there were a lot of weirdos on there to weed through but I'm glad I did cause my current boyfriend is awesome.

Originally Posted by Allerian

Yeah, I mean, Match.com isn't foolproof, because I talked to a couple of jack-asses on there too. But I also met my boyfriend on there, and this June we'll have been together one year. He's kind, sweet, funny, smart, talented, and so ridiculously cute that he's lucky I don't pinch him to bits. I'm extremely lucky to have found him.

And I know plenty of couples who met online and got hitched. A very good friend of mine met her husband online (I forget the site - I think they met on OK Cupid?), and my best friend's sister met her husband on Match as well - they just had their second baby.

Basically, whereas online dating isn't perfect by any means, it does cut down on the number of frogs you have to kiss before you find your prince.

My sister and I have been telling my older brother he should try online dating for a long time. He was really reluctant, but one night he got into a conversation with a bunch of female acquaintances where they were complaining about all of the weirdos they've encountered on online dating sites. Strangely enough, that was the push he need to join eHarmony, because in his words, "I'm a lot less of a loser than all of the guys they've met online!" I told him the fact that he's looking for a woman close to his age is certainly something that sets him apart from a lot of the guys out there!

Both my boyfriend and I have met plenty of weirdos online, because that factor increases with all the people that being online allows you to be in contact with. But every weirdo and creep was worth it once I met my guy. I mean, honestly - that's just the way it pays to look at it. I tease him - I tell him he's the best $80 I ever spent! (Because it was $40 a month on Match, and I met him two months into it).

He said he'd met women on there before me who actually put up old pictures of themselves! He'd get to the date and find that the woman in question would be MUCH older than her picture online. He said he was really really hoping I looked like my picture when he showed up at our first date, which I did - I'd only had it taken two months before that.

at the end of May i'm co-hostessing a local PoF dance with 2 friends. last week, some older guy emailed me there and we had a short, weird exchange that ended with him asking me for a backrub before he went to some concert on Friday night. i responded that even if i were in town, the answer would be no and he said he wasn't planning to ask me to the concert anyway.

i blocked him and thought nothing of it....

now, he's signed up to come to the dance.

maybe i'm worrying for nothing... but i don't have a good feeling about this.